Javier Frana Explained

Javier Frana
Birth Date:	1966 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Rafaela, Argentina
Height:	6 ft. 1 in.
Turnedpro:	1986
Retired:	1997
Plays:	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,691,848
Singlesrecord:	163–158 (50.8%)
Singlestitles:	3
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 30 (24 July 1995)
Australianopenresult:	3R (1987)
Frenchopenresult:	4R (1994)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Usopenresult:	4R (1994)
Doublesrecord:	186–161 (53.6%)
Doublestitles:	7
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 14 (25 May 1992)
Australianopendoublesresult:	2R (1991, 1996)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	SF (1991)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	F (1991)
Usopendoublesresult:	3R (1991)
Australianopenmixedresult:	1R (1991, 1992, 1996)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	W (1996)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	3R (1992, 1994)
Updated:	13 February 2022
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes

Javier Alberto Frana Maggi^[1] (pronounced as /es/; born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and a commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on 24 July 1995 of world No. 30. His highest doubles ranking was No. 14, achieved in May 1992.

Tennis career

Frana turned professional in 1986.

Frana won the Abierto Mexicano doubles title in 1995 with Leonardo Lavalle.^[2]

Olympics

Frana debuted at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, where he was defeated in the second round by fellow countryman Martín Jaite, 2–6, 4–6 and 2–6. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he reached the second round again, this time falling to France's Fabrice Santoro, 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, and 1–6. He represented his native country for the last time in Olympic competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Great Britain's Greg Rusedski.

Personal life

Frana was born in Rafaela, Argentina. He is of Croat origin, his family is from the Trogir area.

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–6)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Itaparica, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Jaime Yzaga	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Bryan Shelton	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Markus Zoecke	2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Loss	1–3	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Greg Rusedski	5–7, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	2–3	Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	Àlex Corretja	3–6, 7–5, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2–5	Paget, Bermuda	World Series	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	6–7^(7–5), 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2–6	Pinehurst, United States	World Series	Clay	Thomas Enqvist	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–6	Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	7–6^(7–4), 6–3

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (7–8)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–9)
Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Christian Miniussi	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Guarujá, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Diego Pérez	Ricardo Acuña Luke Jensen	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Florence, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Christian Miniussi	Claudio Pistolesi Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–2	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–3	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Leonardo Lavalle	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 1–6
Loss	2–4	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Bruce Steel	Gianluca Pozzi Brett Steven	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Jim Pugh	Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	David Rikl Michiel Schapers	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Búzios, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–8	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–8	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Christo van Rensburg	Byron Black Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	5–8	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Pablo Albano	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	5–9	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Pablo Albano	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win	6–9	Mexico City	World Series	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–9	Ostrava, Czech Republic	World Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Guy Forget Patrick Rafter	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Mixed doubles (1 win)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Pedro Rebolledo	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0-2	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Greg Rusedski	3–6, 6–7
Win	1-2	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Markus	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	1-3	Acapulco, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Horst Skoff	3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 13 (9–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (9–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Ilheus, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Cássio Motta	Sergio Casal Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Gustavo Luza	Charles Beckman Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Win	2–1	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Gustavo Luza	Ricardo Camargo Ivan Kley	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Lins, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Agustín Moreno	Charles Beckman José Clavet	6–7, 3–6
Win	3–2	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Cássio Motta	João Zwetsch Gabriel Markus	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	4–2	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Christo van Rensburg	Kent Kinnear Peter Nyborg	7–6, 7–6
Win	5–2	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Albano	Horacio de la Peña Gabriel Markus	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–3	Acapulco, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Ignacio Garat	Ellis Ferreira Richard Schmidt	6–7, 4–6
Win	6–3	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Albano	Todd Witsken Bryan Shelton	6–7, 3–6
Win	7–4	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Luis Lobo	Jordi Burillo Hernán Gumy	7–6, 6–0
Win	8–4	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Karel Nováček	Matt Lucena Dave Randall	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–4	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Mark Knowles	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 6–7, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	3R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 5	4–5
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	3–6
Wimbledon	Q2	2R	2R	Q2	3R	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 9	11–9
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	4R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	4–7
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	0–4	2–2	8–3	2–3	1–4	2–3	0 / 27	22–27
Olympic Games
style=background:#EFEFEF align=left	Summer Olympics	NH	style=background:#afeeee	2R	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	2R	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	1R	NH	0 / 3	2–3
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–6
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Rome	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0 / 13	4–13

Doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 5	2–5
French Open	A	2R	A	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 9	13–9
Wimbledon	1R	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	bgcolor=thistle	F	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 10	17–10
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–2	1–2	5–2	6–3	12–4	5–4	3–2	1–2	0–2	4–3	0–2	0 / 28	37–28
Olympic Games
style=background:#EFEFEF align=left	Summer Olympics	NH	style=background:#afeeee	1R	Not Held	style=background:yellow	SF	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	1R	NH	0 / 3	4–3
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	2R	3R	1R	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 7	4–7
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Hamburg	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Rome	1R	A	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Cincinnati	A	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–3
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	1–3	5–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0 / 18	15–18

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
French Open	3R	1R	2R	A	A	A	bgcolor=lime	W	3R	1 / 5	11–4
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	1R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	5–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	2–1	0–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	2–1	1 / 12	16–11

Notes and References

Web site: Javier Frana . Olympedia . OLYMadMen . April 3, 2025.
Web site: The Mexican Open Tennis Tournament and its national talent . 3 November 2025. 27 December 2025.